by Guy Sayles | Jun 25, 2012 |
Even when we don’t acknowledge it, human beings long for God. I believe that we’re born with a desire for the divine. St. Augustine’s well-known prayer voices this longing: “Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they find...
by Guy Sayles | Jun 8, 2012 |
FDR famously said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Similarly, I sometimes think the church’s greatest threat is the church itself. These days, many people are intensely interested in Jesus, but, at the same time, profoundly disinterested in the...
by Guy Sayles | Jun 7, 2012 |
This past Sunday our Youth Choir, under the creative and visionary direction of Clark Sorrells, and with the support of 80-plus adult volunteers, presented (magnificently!) Andrew Lloyd Webber’s and Tim Rice’s Jesus Christ Superstar. Jesus Christ Superstar...
by Guy Sayles | May 28, 2012 |
The opening page of the sermon I preached yesterday, as part of a service that combined celebration of Pentecost with the recognition of high school graduates British humorist P. G. Wodehouse said: “I always advise people never to give advice.” His advice about...
by Guy Sayles | May 24, 2012 |
As is well-known, in a debate over the payment of taxes, Jesus asserted that we are to “render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.” George Weigel called this “a revolutionary text” [“The Christian Citizen and Democracy”...
by Guy Sayles | May 9, 2012 |
The Sufi poet Hafiz said: “Fear is the cheapest room in the house/I would like to see you living/In better conditions. . . . God wants to see/More love and playfulness in your eyes/For that is your greatest witness to the Divine.” Fear is the cheapest, shabbiest, and...
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